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19/11/23

Our Year 12 Art students curated and organised their own exhibition celebrating black and minority artists. We were all inspired by the research and pieces on display. We’ll done Year 12 🎨🎨 pic.twitter.com/wq65ygWS49

19/11/23

Our Year 12 Art students curated and organised their own exhibition celebrating black and minority artists. We were all inspired by the research and pieces on display. We’ll done Year 12 🎨🎨 pic.twitter.com/gWOHHnttfJ

19/11/23

As the excitement built ahead of the and FA Cup match yesterday, our students spoke to about what it meant to have an FA Cup match played across the road. https://t.co/75OK0WJBq5

13/11/23

Today we hosted a panel featuring four really successful black speakers who have made significant contributions in their respective fields. Our students left the panel feeling motivated and empowered pic.twitter.com/ybhVVESIPk

01/11/23

There will be a pre-loved uniform sale Today, 1st Nov from 5.30-6pm in the fitness studio at HAGR. This will be cash only. We have plenty of uniform items – please come along and support the Friends of HAGR PTA.

13/10/23

Our students enjoyed some Jollof Rice yesterday for lunch. As you can see, it was in high demand. Seal of approval 👍🏾💥🥰BHM pic.twitter.com/AQ3Yu2GPNy

09/10/23

This morning, our year 11 sports leadership class delivered a PE session to a group of Year 3 students from . Absolutely loved it🥳We’re looking forward to our next session, lots of fun activities pending 🏆💥🙌 https://t.co/qpn6iOItRr

09/10/23

Who remembers when dropped by ?A huge opportunity for RTM students to show off their skills to one of the UK’s best! Thanks & Play.⁠⁠📸 Nici Eberl pic.twitter.com/3cmrFl0XRb

03/10/23

Jamal from blowing us away with his piano skills at Battle of the Bands 2023! pic.twitter.com/womUrRzkhZ

02/10/23

Harris Greenwich is excited to begin the celebration of Black History Month with this year's theme "Saluting Our Sisters." Celebrating the accomplishments of our sisters, we acknowledge their invaluable impact on various fields and their unwavering commitment to excellence!🥳🥳👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/X5em6Ul5OB

28/09/23

UKMT Mathematical Olympiad for Girls 2023-2024. We are proud of our female mathematicians! Shout out to Miss Tortone for organising this!😎 pic.twitter.com/A4bNAAvHUo

25/09/23

Back by popular demand, our students enjoying the new PE extra curriculum. ⚽️🏐🥋🤼 pic.twitter.com/xGHUaC2bBM

20/09/23

Our Y13s having an NEA Masterclass with our Geography Federation Consultant this morning. Lots of deep thinking happened! 🗺️🌍🎓 pic.twitter.com/qOpzgUpJPL

01/09/23

Inset day 1 tallest tower ice breaker!😎 I love our team! 🤍 pic.twitter.com/nLarmEVyeN

24/08/23

💥🥳🏆Congratulations to the year 11 students on their GCSE results. Wishing them all the best as they move on to the next chapter of their educational journey. 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓 pic.twitter.com/FZ7ALQXPs1

17/08/23

🎉📚 To our exceptional students, a huge congratulations on your Year 13 results! Your determination and effort have led to this achievement. Best wishes for the exciting paths that lie ahead. 🌟🎓 pic.twitter.com/BWGlQWqDxA

17/08/23

Thank you to some of the rainbows 🌈 in Esther life at such as Mr McNeil & her Art teachers who’s support during her A-Level journey has been lead always from a space of 💛 We are very grateful 🤲🏾wonderful example that schools should learn from pic.twitter.com/ojUXur36ZT

25/07/23

RTM Battle of the Bands 2023Player of The Day 🏆 - / / / pic.twitter.com/PkuGS7sfkx

25/07/23

RTM Battle of the Bands 2023Player of The Day 🏆 - / / / pic.twitter.com/PkuGS7sfkx

21/07/23

RTM BOTB 2023! Thanks to ALL students for bringing their talents to the stage pic.twitter.com/3eupcpDgcL

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Literacy

L1

We recognise that for our pupils to lead happy and successful lives with a broad range of opportunities they must be literate. However, we acknowledge that literacy is not simply ‘ability to read and write’ but goes further. Literacy also encompasses the cultural references pupil need to read widely, the resilience needed to meet the demands of challenging texts in exams and beyond, alongside a vast vocabulary to decode texts and express themselves. Ultimately, we recognise that literacy is a broad term for the multiple skills and knowledge which pupils need to be fluent readers, writers and speakers.

We also recognise that being literate in one discipline is different to another. With this in mind, at HAGR we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ approach to policy around literacy. Instead, each subject area receive training to design curriculum and lessons which teach the necessary literacy skills to succeed in their discipline. We firmly believe that literacy is not a stand-alone issue: it is a multi-faceted issue with many challenges; it takes excellent curriculum design; excellent teaching and learning; targeted intervention and cross-curricular effort to ensure our pupils have the tools to succeed.

Rationale

HAGR’s literacy policy has been informed by recent research led by The Education Endowment Foundation’s ‘Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools’, research endorsed by The National Literacy Trust. It is also informed by the work of Alex Quigley’s The Vocabulary Gap, Doug Lemov’s Reading Reconsidered and Daniel Willingham’s The Reading Mind.

The two literacy priorities for this academic year:

  1. A broad and ambitious reading curriculum at KS3
  2. All pupils will participate in Morning Readingthree times a week where
    • rich texts will be read with their teachers to improve reading fluency and promote reading for pleasure and a culture of scholarship.
    • A reading for pleasure programme promoted through lessons, staff, assemblies and Morning Reading will guide students to select books and train staff to advise in children’s literature.
    • Increasing the lending of library books through investment in the library paired with introduction of reading corners and areas where students can read outside of one room.
       

 

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  1. Provide targeted vocabulary instruction in every subject
    • We think hard about the end points for each subject and map out the tier 2 and 3 vocabulary which needs to be specified in curriculum and explicitly taught to pupils.
    • Knowledge organisers and curriculum resources develop vocabulary acquisition.
    • Continuing to create opportunities for students to voice their ideas beyond the classroom, use a breadth of vocabulary and present themselves in a range of formal settings to develop oracy.

 

 

 

 

L3

 

  1. Prioritise 'disciplinary literacy' across the curriculum. 
    • Simply put, literacy is not a bolt-on. Instead we think hard about what it means to be literate in each discipline/subject and build the necessary skills into our curriculum. We also recognise the gaps in pupil literacy and continue to develop curriculum to bridge these gaps.
    • The teaching and learning blueprint will incorporate high leverage teaching techniques to improve literacy instruction and training will support this
    • The curriculum vision incorporates the literacy strategy and training puts the honus on each discipline to create well-designed schemes of work to develop literacy within their subject